ENDURED
Verb
endured
simple past tense and past participle of endure
Anagrams
• denuder, rudened
Source: Wiktionary
ENDURE
En*dure", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Endured; p. pr. & vb. n. Enduring.]
Etym: [F. endurer; pref. en- (L. in) + durer to last. See Dure, v.
i., and cf. Indurate.]
1. To continue in the same state without perishing; to last; to
remain.
Their verdure still endure. Shak.
He shall hold it [his house] fast, but it shall not endure. Job viii.
15.
2. To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently
or without yielding; to bear up under adversity; to hold out.
Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong in the days that
I shall deal with thee Ezek. xxii. 14.
En*dure", v. t.
1. To remain firm under; to sustain; to undergo; to support without
breaking or yielding; as, metals endure a certain degree of heat
without melting; to endure wind and weather.
Both were of shining steel, and wrought so pure, As might the strokes
of two such arms endure. Dryden.
2. To bear with patience; to suffer without opposition or without
sinking under the pressure or affliction; to bear up under; to put up
with; to tolerate.
I will no longer endure it. Shak.
Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sake. 2 Tim. ii. 10.
How can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people
Esther viii. 6.
3. To harden; to toughen; to make hardy. [Obs.]
Manly limbs endured with little ease. Spenser.
Syn.
– To last; remain; continue; abide; brook; submit to; suffer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition